John Henry Maskrey
He was a clerk in a lace factory
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John Henry Maskery (junior) was born on 5th January 1894 at Nottingham, he was baptised on 11th March 1894 at Holy Trinity Church, Nottingham, he was the son of the late John Henry Maskery (senior) a stonemason and Charlotte Jane Maskrey née, Hague Scoley , of 145, Pym Street, Nottingham.
His father John Henry Maskery (senior) was born in 1868 at Hulme, Manchester, he died in 1914 aged 46 yrs, his mother Charlotte Jane Hague Scoley was born in 1864 at Newark, they were married on 11th November 1893 at Nottingham, they went on to have 5 children.
In the 1911 census the family are living at 145 Pym Street, Nottingham, John Henry 43 yrs is a stone mason, he is living with his wife Charlotte Jane 46 yrs and their children, John Henry 17 yrs a stone mason's assistant, Gladys 14 yrs a lace worker, Leonard 10 yrs a scholar, Doris 8 yrs a scolar and Lawrence 6 years of age.
John Henry (junior) was the husband of Florence Wildon (born 15th December 1897 at Mapperley) they were married on 10th May 1914 at Carlton, they lived at 8, Hawkridge Street, Alfred Street South, Nottingham, they had 2 children, John Henry born 1914- died 1914 and Alfred born 1915.
Private John Henry Maskery enlisted on 5th September 1914 at Nottingham and was posted 9th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 9th September 1914. He was discharged medically unfit on 18th September 1914 due to endocarditis, mitral regurgitation, palpitations and breathlessness.
He re-enlisted in 1915 into the 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. He went to France in early 1916 and was killed in action, on 1st July 1916, aged 22, in the attack on the German positions at Gommecourt, France, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Pte. Maskrey was with 1/7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters at Foncquevillers prior to the attack on Gommecourt on 01/07/1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. When the men advanced across No Man's Land the Germans emerged from their fortified positions and shells and machine gun fire hit the four waves of Sherwood Foresters. Great gaps were torn in the lines and as they neared the German wire they saw that it had not been cut properly and that their task was hopeless. At the end of the day only 96 men answered roll call. Pte. Maskrey was reported missing but was not confirmed dead until May 1917.
He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 10C, 10D & 11A).
Nottingham Post notice (abridged), 30 May 1917: 'Maskrey. Missing since July 1st 1916 now reported killed. Private John Henry Maskrey, Sherwood Foresters, age 23. Late of 27 Seebourne Street. Wife Florence.'
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Maskery John Henry picture courtesy of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment roll of honour
Photo of John Henry Maskrey
Thiepval Memorial,